Repair device



M. RODGERS.

REPAIR DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED lAN.20. I920.

1,355,781. Patentd Oct. 12,1920.

' mmvron WITNESSES M'flfif/N M06075 1 UNI ED STATES MARTIN RODGERS, orNEW YOR N. Y., AssrG oR 0F ONE-HALE r'O ALEX. TAYLOR AT NT OFFICE.

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REPAIR DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN RODGERS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Repair Device,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to improvements in apparatus for repairingflexible tubes and the like, and it pertains more particularly to means.for repairing the inflation tubes of inflatable bodies.

It is an object of the invention to provide a means by the use of whichtubes of the above-mentioned character may be readily applied toinflatable bodies.

Footballs, basket-balls, and the like, have internally of their cover,what is commonly called a bladder and said bladder is inflated by meansof a flexible tube. usual manner of closing these tubes is to fold themover intermediate of their ends and wrap them with a suitable strand orcord, rubber, or the like. This treatment being constantly applied, thetube cracks and becomes leaky, and it is sometimes desirable to replacethis tube which without the use of special apparatus is a difiicultoperation.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a fragmentary view ofa por tion of a bladder of the aforementioned character showing theapplication of a device constructed in accordance with the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the tube showing the methodof applying the same to the bladder, and

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the method of withdrawing the placingapparatus.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 5designates a bladder and 6 represents a nipple which is secured thereto,said nipple having a circular flanged piece 7 of relatively thinmaterial, by means of which ,it is secured to the bladder 5 with cementor by a process of vulcanization.

The r The device of the present invention consists of a sleeve 8, theupper end of which is provided with a reduced portion 9, the other endbeing open. Leading from the reduced end is a cord 12, said cord beingprovided with a handle 13 by means of which it is manipulated. While inthe present instance the element 12 has been described as a cord, it'isapparent that a wire or other similar flexible material may be employedwith equal facility. In use, this device is inserted over the end Of thenipple 6, as indicated in Fig. 1. After this has been accomplished, thelength of tube 15 which it is desired to secure to the nipple 6, ispassed over the cord 12 and is positioned Over the sleeve 8, by means ofwhich the positioning of the length of tube 15 is facilitated. Thenipple 6 being first provided with a coating of suitable adhesivematerial, such as cement, the tube 15 is drawn down over the member 8 asshown in Fig. 2, until its lower end engages the piece 7, as indicatedby the reference character 16 in Fig. 2. The cement by means of whichthe tube 15 is secured in place is indicated by the reference character17, and after the tube 15 has been secured to the nipple 6 by means ofthe cement and the same has sufiiciently set,

to temporarily secure the tube 15, by subjecting the cord 12 to apulling action through the medium of its handle 13, the

metallic member 8 is removed from the end of the tube 15, as indicatedin Fig. 3.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that the present inventionprovides means by which two flexible tubes may be placed one within theother for the purpose of securing one to the other, and, at the sametime, provides means which is detachably carried by one tube for greatlyfacilitating such an operation.

Claims:

1. A device of the character described comprising a metallic body havingan open end anda reduced end, and flexible Operating means secured tothe reduced end of said metallic body.

2. A device of the character described comprising a metallic body havingan open end and a reduced closed end, and suitable operating mechanismsecured to the reduced end on the interior of the metallic body.-

3. The method of uniting flexible :tubes,

. which consists in inserting one" of the tubes rigid body andsubsequently removing said 7 hollow rigid body from the first-mentioned10 tube longitudinally through the second-mentioned tube, substantiallyas described? MARTIN RODGERS.

' Witness: n Non R. Hmscn.

